Menorah Token

Description Tokens like this one, made for private use, were at times also inscribed with the name of the owner. In this period, the menorah was considered a symbol of the Jewish hope for deliverance from persecution, and was imprinted on small amulets throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.

Provenance Pete N. Nickolas ("Helios Old World Antiques"), Westminster, Maryland, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1993, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1993